Born in Chester Heights, Pennsylvania, Ted Meredith made the 1912Olympic team while still in high school.
In Stockholm, he won a gold medal in the 800 m run with a world record 1:51.9. He ran on to the 880 yd mark and also set a world record for that distance, with a 1:52.5. He won another gold medal on the 4 x 400 m relay team, also taking fourth in the 400 m.
After Stockholm, Meredith entered the University of Pennsylvania. He was the IC4A 440 yd champion from 1914 to 1916 and the 880 yd champion in 1914 and 1915. He also won the AAU 440 yd title in 1914 and 1915. In 1916, he set a world record in the 440 yd of 47.6, which wasn't broken until 1928. At the same year he lowered his own world 880 yd record to 1:52.2.
Meredith retired from competition in 1917 and served in the army during World War I. He made a comeback for the 1920 Summer Olympics, where he was eliminated in the 400 m trials and ran on the 4 x 400 m relay team that finished fourth.
After the second retiring from competition, he became a real estate broker.
Ted Meredith died in Camden, New Jersey.
Olympic medalists in athletics (men) | Olympic Champions in Men's 800 m
1976 United States Herman Frazier, Benjamin Brown, Fred Newhouse, Maxie Parks 1980 Soviet Union Remigijus Valiulis, Mikhail Linge, Nikolay Chernetsky, Viktor Markin 1984 United States Sunder Nix, Ray Armstead, Alonzo Babers, Antonio McKay 1988 United States Danny Everett, Steve Lewis, Kevin Robinzine, Butch Reynolds 1992 United States Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Michael Johnson, Steve Lewis 1996 United States LaMont Smith, Alvin Harrison, Derek Mills, Anthuan Maybank 2000 United States Alvin Harrison, Antonio Pettigrew, Calvin Harrison, Michael Johnson 2004 United StatesOtis Harris, Derrick Brew, Jeremy Wariner, Darold Williamson
Meredith had always been sick and frail all her life, but with Larry she felt strong, strong enough to stick up to her father and break up with Ted.
Ted had found Meredith's confidential medical records and discovered that she had a malignant blood disease and was terminally ill. Ted tried to force Larry to break up with Meredith or he would tell her about her disease.
Larry hoped he and Meredith could be together again, and even thought she was in remission, Meredith still continued to resist him, not wanting to give him false hope.
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